UNIVERSITY OF CEBU - MAIN CAMPUS

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTANCY

Name: LIBA, PIOLA MARIE Task: PRELIM ORAL

Course: BSA-2 Date: March 8,2022

GROUP 2 - MAKE AN ANALYSIS OF GROUP 1 REPORT (INDIVIDUAL)

The topic Indigenous Creative Crafts in the Philippines requires thorough analysis
about the topic because we really can’t understand it better if we are seeing it in a broad
perspective. For us to really understand its meaning, importance and other matters related
to it we must break it down by having subtopics regarding the topic.

1. The scope of indigenous creative crafts in the Philippines.

The study of indigenous materials in the country and the processes in
converting it into various kinds of creative crafts. It includes the classification of the
woods, kinds of rattan, fibers, origin and size of leather, bamboo craft, seashell,
coconut shells and metal crafts.
2. The tools and materials used in Crafting Indigenous Crafts
The tools used in making indigenous crafts are: Craft Knife, Glue Gun,
Scissors, Woodburning tool, Milter Box, Cutting tools, Saw, Pliers, Meter Stick,
Chisel, Axes, Tape measure, etc. while the materials used in indigenous crafts are:
Abaca, Rattan, Buri, Coconut Shells, Bamboo and Leather.
3. Importance of Indigenous Creative Crafts
• It promotes our cultural heritage through the use of indigenous materials.
• Handicraft products show an individual's creativity and lofty imagination.
• Producers of raw materials will be encouraged to produce more.
• Employment is generated especially for the undergraduates.
• Values of perseverance and industry are developed.
4. Famous Indigenous Crafts in the Philippines
The Dream Weavers of Lake Sebu
While some crafts are fairly universal throughout the Philippines, others are unique
to specific ethnic groups. Most notably, there’s a wonderful range of textiles and
local costumes. In the South of the archipelago by Lake Sebu in the province of
South Cotabato, the women of the T’boli people are known as Dream Weavers. They
produce a hand-woven cloth called T’nalak out of the fibres of the native plant,
Abaca. Both the cloth and the women who produce it are held in high regard.
Intriguingly, the patterns they weave have not been designed by the women
themselves or even their forebears. The designs have been brought to them in their
dreams by Fu Dalu, the spirit of the Abaca and are reproduced entirely from
memory.
 The Windowpane Oyster
The sea too has leant its bounty to the craft industry. Capiz, for example, comes
from the shell of the Placuna placenta mollusc, found in the seas around the
Philippines. Fishermen harvest these edible molluscs for food and use the shells in
handicrafts. Nothing is wasted!
Capiz is delicate, translucent and naturally iridescent. In the 16th century, Spanish
settlers in the Philippines made stained glass windows in their churches out of
capiz shells giving rise to the molluscs nickname of ‘windowpane oyster’. Today,
capiz shell lampshades daggling from trees in parks and gardens is a common
sight. When I spotted a capiz star at the airport just before I boarded my plane
home, I couldn’t resist buying one to use as a decoration for my Chirstmas tree. A
lovely reminder of my visit.